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Sid Ravinutala
Data Scientist
Data Scientist with a background in Computer Science, Economics, and Econometrics. Loves building bespoke machine learning models to inform business actions. Enjoys learning, experimentation, and building things.
Education
Harvard University
MPA/ID
Cambridge, USA
2016
Areas of study: econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, data science, statistics, machine learning
Thesis: Redesigning India’s Urea Policy
University of Melbourne
B.Eng (Electrical) & B.Sci (Computer)
Melbourne, Australia
2004
Professional Experience
Senior Data Scientist
Coles Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
2019 - current
- Built forecasting engine for supermarket items at the store levels.
- Contributed to an internal package for discrete choice models.
- Led knowledge sharing on choice models and causal inference.
Senior Data Scientist
QuantumBlack, McKinsey
Cambridge, USA
2018 - 2019
- Pharma - Mined electronic medical records to understand causes of patient switching behavior.
- Disaster Recover - Developed Monte Carlo models to quantify uncertainty in key milestones to inform mitigation strategies.
- Chemical manufacturing - Identified root cause of variability in production yields. Optimized manufacturing process using genetic algorithms.
- Internal R&D - Contributed to an internal package for causal inference using Bayesian Networks.
Graduate Research Fellow
Centre for International Development
Cambridge, USA
2016 - 2018
- Developed statistical models to identify export sector growth opportunities at sub-national level in Colombia.
- Built collaborative filtering models to predict rural agricultural diversification and recommended possible areas for investment in Colombia.
- Used Collaborative Filtering and network analysis to understand patterns in global tourism using credit card transactions data.
Team Member/Economist
CEA’s Office, Ministry of Finance
New Delhi, India
2015 - 2016
- Contributing writer for the 2016 Economic Survey – Conducted analysis and wrote the chapter on fertilizer subsidy in the 2016 Indian Economic Survey.
- Policy reform for fertilizer – Demonstrated how current policy leads to shortages and black markets. Worked with Ministry of Fertilizer & Chemicals to design a new policy that is was presented to the cabinet.
Senior Associate
Clinton Health Access Initiative
sub-Saharan Africa
2012 - 2014
- Modelled the HIV diagnostics - CD4, viral load and EID (early infant diagnosis) - global markets scenarios.
- Negotiated lowered pricing with leading diagnostics manufacturers for viral load testing in sub-Saharan Africa that lead to a deal that will save $150 mil over 5 years.
- Assisted 7 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with rational selection and deployment of new diagnostic products.
Access to medicines/UNITAID Analyst
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Kampala, Uganda
2011 - 2012
Manager, Technology Consulting
Accenture Pty. Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
2005 - 2011
Publications and Presentations
Redesigning India’s Urea Policy, Harvard Kennedy School,
MPA/ID Final Capstone Paper
N/A
2016
Economic survey of India
Ministry of Finance,
N/A
2016
HIV Testing – Market Analysis
African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Cape Town,
N/A
2012
Adaptive Clustering for Network Intrusion Detection
PAKDD 2004: 255-259
N/A
2004